Meaning

3 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)The endeavor or desire to equal or excel someone else in qualities or actions.

    a great figure who is worthy of respect and emulation

    соперничествоsoperničestvo, конкуренцияkonkurencija

    ambition to equal or excel

  2. (countable, uncountable)Execution of a program or other software designed for a different system, by simulating parts of the other system.

    Emulation

    эмуляцияemuljacija

  3. (countable, obsolete, uncountable)Jealous rivalry; envy; envious contention.

Translations

5 languages
Русский
By meaning 2
endeavour or desire to equal or excel:
software:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
software:

Origin

From Middle French émulation, from Latin aemulātiō.

From Middle French émulation, from Latin aemulātiō.

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Forms

plural: emulations
Singularemulation
Pluralemulations

regular

Word family

3 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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